Sam Barber vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Sam Barber
Greatest GenerationAlabamaNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sam Barber built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darold Knowles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 3.6 and 1.200 for Sam Barber. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Barber and Darold Knowles

Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Sam Barber and Darold Knowles

Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Barber and Darold Knowles

Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
423.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sam Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA